06/09/2025

Drinking Coffee Linked to Healthy Aging in Middle-aged Women

This is good news for female coffee enthusiasts

Good news for coffee lovers: A new study suggests drinking a cup—or several—each day could be linked to long-term health benefits.

The study, presented on Monday at the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition in Orlando, found that roughly 3,700 women who met researchers’ criteria for “healthy aging” typically consumed an average of 315 mg of caffeine per day when they were between the ages of 45 and 60, mostly from drinking coffee. And for the women in that group of “healthy agers,” each extra cup of coffee per day was associated with a 2-5 percent higher chance of faring well as they aged, up to five small cups per day.

"We found that women who consumed moderate amounts of caffeinated coffee in midlife were more likely to age in good health," Sara Mahdavi, an adjunct professor in the University of Toronto’s department of nutritional sciences who led the research, said to TIME in an email. "That's not to say coffee is a cure-all, but for those who already drink and tolerate it well, it appears to be a positive part of a healthy lifestyle."

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